Category Archives: Art

Parisian-born, New York-based conceptual artist Cyril Duval works under the fictional alter ego brand Item Idem (Latin for ‘the same’), specialising in art, fashion, branding and retail design – and it’s fair to say he has a pretty sweet resumé. Having done everything from designing Bernhard Willhelm’s flagship boutique in Tokyo to working with brands like Gucci and Comme des Garçons, Item’s also gained his fair share of notoriety over the years, having been sued by Louis Vuitton (among others). We caught up with him for an exclusive interview.Read the rest of this entry →

Brooklyn-based artist and sculptor Luis Gispert originally made a name for himself with his ‘hip-hop baroque’ pieces – and in 2011, after 10 years experimenting with this style, Luis marked the end of this period of his career with one final project, documenting the weird and wonderful world of faux designer themed car interiors and apparel. Here, he gives LOGO an exclusive interview on the two-year series, touching on imitation culture, fetishising brands and stumbling across a meth lab. Read the rest of this entry →

Artist Chinonyeelu Uchechi Amobi has just dropped a brand new short film, ‘Illuminazioni’, a transcendental modern-day meditation that fuses contemporary technology and visuals with classical music – and it’s hosted exclusively by LOGO. We speak to the man himself to find out more. Read the rest of this entry →

EVERYBODY GET NAKED AND RUT AGAINST BUILDINGS – to draw attention to undervalued environments and locations!

Fuelled by the “suspended act of affirmative persistence and belief in the futile”, the Humping Pact travels the world in search of unappreciated or disused manmade locations, with the aim of emphasising their beauty through video and photo stills. So far, so standard. What gives The Humping Pact its unique twist is that this emphasis is created through the layering of humping naked bodies. No, really. We talk to project founders Diego Agullo and Dmitry Paranyushkin about their thoughts on hentai, “fucking a space” and shooting on the moon. Read the rest of this entry →

From the Warhol Pop explosion through to the YBAs, and even today’s rebloggable Tumblr iconography, branding and art have become ever more closely linked over the years – and nowhere is this better illustrated than back in 1993, when Art Club 2000 produced work based around their responses to the GAP brand. Read the rest of this entry →

We get an exclusive interview with the group who defaced a £50 million painting at the Tate Modern last week. A bold new artistic movement, or simply a publicity-seeking act of vandalism? We find out more.

Marcin Łodyga and Vladimir Umanets are the minds behind the emerging underground philosophy known as ‘Yellowism’. With a manifesto that states that Yellowism is ‘not art or anti-art’, the movement was relatively unknown until last week, when Vladimir was arrested for criminal damage, having defaced artist Mark Rothko’s famous mural Black on Maroon in the Tate Modern (pictured above, with Vladimir’s addition). Having (embarrassingly) hung the abstract expressionists’ work the wrong way round for years, you’d be forgiven for thinking the Tate Modern staff might be feeling somewhat cursed…

At the time of writing, Vladimir is still incarcerated, but we managed to track down co-founder Marcin to give us an exclusive interview on the stunt, as well as more on the pair’s decidedly unique ideas on art, exhibitions and the concept of reality. Read the rest of this entry →

Just because something’s no longer able to carry out its intended function doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily useless. From old bike parts to discarded computer components, we explore the work of artists able to see beyond the bin to envision artwork that’s innovatively novel and environmentally friendly – and perhaps even beautiful. Let’s just hope they washed everything first. Read the rest of this entry →

Ever seen a poorly preserved penguin? A shittily stuffed seagull? Well, when Lisa Black does, she restores them with cogs and hinges to create some incredible mechanical animals.

You know how bad it looks when taxidermy goes wrong – but are any of us doing anything to improve it? Artist, sculptor, jeweller and self-professed animal lover Lisa Black is, with the creations of her ‘augmented’ animal cyborgs. Combining an interest in the animal kingdom with ideas of a future where technology and biology work together in synchronicity, her Fixed creations fuse taxidermied animals with mechanical components – provoking the viewer to examine their ideas on the word ‘natural’. Read the rest of this entry →